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B. L. BAILEY. TRIMMING FOR BUGKETS, PAI-LS, &c.

No. 483,641. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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EDWARD L. BAILEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN & BAILEY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRIMMING FOR BUCKETS, FAILS, 84,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,641, dated October 4, 1892.

Application filed January 14, 1892. Serial No. 418,056. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I,EDWARDL.BA1LEY,acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trimmings for Buckets, Pails, &c., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to trimmings for a bucket, pail, or similar receptacle adapted for packing candy, &c.; audit consists of a novel lining, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed, whereby the contents are prevented from coming in contact with the side, bottom, and lid of the receptacle.

It also consists of flies, which may be readily retained within the receptacle and are adjustable as to different diameters thereof.

Figure 1 represents a face view of a portion of a lining embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a face view of flies embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a bucket or pail having a lining and flies embodying my invention applied thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bucket or pail such as is employed for candy, and B designates a lining therefor, the same consisting of a piece of paper or other suitable material,with points 0 on opposite sides thereof, leaving the portion D, between the points, solid or uncut. The piece is formed into a roll and introduced into the bucket A, and the bottom points are folded inwardly on the line or crease E, and gathered on the bottom of the bucket, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 3, thus covering said bottom, while the solid portion D covers the side or wall of the bucket. The candy is then packed in the pail, after which the upper points are folded inwardly on the line or crease F and gathered over the candy. The lid or cover G is now placed on the top points and secured, it being seen that the candy is free of contact with the Wood of the bottom, side, and lid or cover of the bucket.

As a finish to the candy as packed, I employ flies H, which are of the kind generally formed of lace paper, the same being secured to the strip J of stout paper, one end of which is provided with a tongue K and the other end formed with a slit L to receive said tongue. Said strip acts as a reinforce for said flies and serves to properly sustain the same within the lining, even when the bucket is only partially full of candy, drc. The strip J, with the attached fly, is bentinto circular form and fitted against the lining at the upper end thereof, prior to the folding down of the top points, the tongue K entering the slit L so as to connect the ends of the strip and retain the latter in position. The flies are then folded upon the candy and the top points closed and gathered, after which the lid is located and fastened. Owing to the tongues K, the strip J may be adjusted to differences in diameters of buckets, and, if desired, the strip may be made of two or more sections, each provided with a tongue and slit for connecting purposes. When the lid is displaced and the top points are folded out, the flies present a handsome finish to the candy as packed and then remain in position even during the subsequent removal of the same, and the bucket when only partially full does not detract from the salable appearance of the candy.

The flies may be used without the lining,

and vice versa, and the top or bottom points may be dispensed with, if the bottom of the bucket or lid thereof are otherwise lined.

In referring to the parts 0 as points I do not mean that the ends of the same are necessarily acute, as they may be blunt, and said pieces may be denominated flaps, tongues, or other projecting parts of equivalent nature.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A lining for a candy-receptacle, consisting of a flexible strip having a body portion D, adapted to encircle the inner sides of the receptacle, and the flexible points 0 on opposite sides, adapted to cover the top and bot tom of the contents of the receptacle, and an inner reinforcing-strip having flies attached to one of its edges and provided with a tongue and slit, substantially as described.

EDWARD L. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

ROBERT G. BROWN, EDWIN P. SELLEW. 

